September 17, 2004

Blog Note
Posted by Jon Henke

Just got off the phone with Dale Franks1, and it appears our new design is coming along rather quickly. We may be able to transition over there sometime next week. Go check it out--the front page, the blog, etc.--and tell us what you think.

A few notes on what we're hoping to do:

  • Neolibertarianism: we'd like to use this portal as a chance to explore the concept of Neolibertarianism further. To create a bit of an identity for the philosophy, and a website/blog for Neolibertarian thought. Ideally--and down the road, of course--we'd like QandO.net to be an intellectual alternative and counterpoint to Paleolibertarian sites like antiwar.com and lewrockwell.com.

  • Blog: obviously, the blog will, essentially, be the same great writing (Dale), keen analysis (McQ) and assorted other nonsense. (hi!)

  • Discussion forums: for those of you who would like to continue your own conversations, invite friends to discussion groups, etc. (I'd also like to create a chat room, but that may involve a bit more than we can do currently)

  • Our articles: from time to time, we'll post larger column-length articles, or turn a blog post into something more column-friendly.

  • Contributors: at some point, we plan to solicit and/or accept column contributions from readers and interested writers. We'd like to build a real library of Neolibertarian thought, comparable to what the National Review does for Conservatism.

Does that sound like too much? Perhaps. But it's become very apparent that blogs have a very important contribution to make to the national discourse, and I want QandO to be an important part of that for our fellow Neolibertarians.

The New QandO

1 Every blog should have a Dale Franks. Useful, friendly, and he comes in 6-packs.

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Comments

...a website/blog for Neolibertarian thought.

Er, isn't about one-half of the entire blogosphere already "neolibertarian"? But whatever floats your boat, of course.

Posted by: George at September 17, 2004 02:27 PM

A lot of it is. But we're explicitly Neolibertarian, we discuss the philosophy, and we're trying to expand that beyond a simple blog.

It might be accurate to say that people like Glenn Reynolds, Pejman and some others are "neolibertarian", they don't really deal with the concepts and philosophies.

Posted by: Jon Henke at September 17, 2004 02:32 PM

a self organizing neolibertarian think tank...
excellent.

Posted by: h at September 17, 2004 02:40 PM

After Charley and Frances, we seem to be running low on the Dale Franks Six Packs down here in Soggy Florida. Any chance of ordering them online?

Posted by: Sharp as a Marble at September 17, 2004 02:45 PM

The colors...Oh GOD! The Humanity!!!!

Posted by: TEM at September 17, 2004 03:47 PM

Hey, TEM, if the Q and O boys want their web site to look like the set of the Brady Bunch All Star Variety Hour, who are you to complain?

Posted by: Lance Jonn Romanoff at September 17, 2004 04:34 PM

I guess you can't please everyone. Yesterday, all the commenters thought the new site was the tits.

*sigh*

Posted by: Dale Franks at September 17, 2004 05:16 PM

Dale, I was just kidding. I'm looking forward to the new site.

Posted by: Lance Jonn Romanoff at September 17, 2004 06:05 PM

Interesting. I had no plans to quit reading your site regardless, but I kind of like the idea. I hope it works out for you. I will continue to peruse, of course, but only because of the talent, not the decorations.

Posted by: themarkman at September 17, 2004 06:10 PM

Hate to be a stick in the mud, but the pastels and lack of contrast is hard on my eyes. Of course, they're old. BTW, is something wrong with primary colors?

Posted by: Jumbo at September 17, 2004 06:27 PM

Can you have a cookie which causes a redirection to the blog? Much as I appreciate any effots to expand, I'd prefer to start with what I know and explore as time permits....not start with the extra-jumbo model and try to find the blog amongst waves of seafoam green.

But maybe I'm just being a reactionary.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 17, 2004 11:19 PM

When we open for business at the new site, I will change the root redirect to point to the blog.

Posted by: Dale Franks at September 18, 2004 01:26 AM

LOL!

"...waves of seafoam green".

I dunno, it just struck me as funny.

Posted by: McQ at September 18, 2004 08:40 AM

Please stick with the color scheme on your current blog. Far easier on the eyes. And is it just my computer or is this pop up window a tad too small ?

Great content. Won't stop reading, but the pastels suck.

Posted by: Integrity at September 18, 2004 12:15 PM